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Equilibrium
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 27, 2010
- address48 Congress St, Boston 02109
Is Equilibrium clean?
Equilibrium is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 27, 2010. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Equilibrium?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher broken.Dishwashng Facilities • Dishwasher broken.
- ⚠️Test Kit Provided • Provide test kit for sanitizer used.Test Kit Provided • Provide test kit for sanitizer used.
- ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • PIC(Eric) at time of Inspection stated that blenders etc. were warewashed with soap and hands in 3bay sink when asked about process.He didn't know specifics about type of sanitizer used concentration nor was any available onsite.He also stated that someonE else took care of it???Remenider that PIC must be knowledgeable about process(Code requirement).criticalFood Contact Surfaces Clean • PIC(Eric) at time of Inspection stated that blenders etc. were warewashed with soap and hands in 3bay sink when asked about process.He didn't know specifics about type of sanitizer used concentration nor was any available onsite.He also stated that someonE else took care of it???Remenider that PIC must be knowledgeable about process(Code requirement).
- ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide sinage at handsink(refer to Code for requirements).Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage • Provide sinage at handsink(refer to Code for requirements).
When was Equilibrium last inspected?
Equilibrium has 9 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2006.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2012 | — | |
| June 10, 2010 | closed by the city | |
| May 27, 2010 | Fail | |
| December 22, 2009 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2009 | Pass | |
| December 31, 2008 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2008 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2007 | — | |
| November 17, 2006 | Pass |
Equilibrium vs Downtown
Downtown runs 89% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 851 clean, 49 mid, 61 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 27, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.